Senior Khmer Rouge cadre found guilty of torture

Senior Khmer Rouge cadre found guilty of torture

Senior Khmer Rouge cadre found guilty of torture

Posted: 26 Jul 2010 01:13 AM PDT

PHNOM PENH (Reuters) - A U.N.-backed tribunal sentenced a senior Khmer Rouge commander to 35 years in prison on Monday in its first verdict on the "Killing Fields" revolution blamed for 1.7 million deaths in Cambodia three decades ago.


BP's Hayward to step aside; Gulf work resumes

Posted: 26 Jul 2010 01:13 AM PDT

LONDON (Reuters) - BP Plc is expected to announce changes at the top in the next 24 hours, with the anticipated departure of CEO Tony Hayward, who came under fire for his handling of the worst oil spill in U.S. history. ANALYSIS - Toxic fish could help Obama hit 2020 climate goal http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2010/7/26/worldupdates/2010-07-26T090639Z_01_NOOTR_RTRMDNC_0_-503855-1sec=Worldupdates WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A proposed rule on mercury, a pollutant bad for fish and the people who eat too many of them, could help the Obama administration get near its short-term climate goal -- even if Congress fails this year or next to pass a bill tackling greenhouse gases directly. 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African nations divided over Bashir genocide charge http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2010/7/26/worldupdates/2010-07-26T090642Z_01_NOOTR_RTRMDNC_0_-503858-1sec=Worldupdates KAMPALA (Reuters) - African countries are divided about whether they should arrest Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir on suspicion of genocide, diplomats at a summit told Reuters on Sunday. Suspended death sentence for top Chinese adviser http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2010/7/26/worldupdates/2010-07-26T090636Z_01_NOOTR_RTRMDNC_0_-503852-1sec=Worldupdates BEIJING (Reuters) - A Chinese court sentenced a senior political adviser to death, suspended for two years, in the latest development in a wide-ranging investigation of corruption tied to home appliance magnate Huang Guangyu. 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Brazilian Indians take hostages at Amazon dam site http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2010/7/26/worldupdates/2010-07-26T082242Z_01_NOOTR_RTRMDNC_0_-503860-1sec=Worldupdates BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazilian native Indians on Sunday took 100 workers hostage at the construction site of a hydroelectric plant in the southern Amazon region, local media reported. Chile denies pardon for dictatorship-era crimes http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2010/7/26/worldupdates/2010-07-25T232743Z_01_NOOTR_RTRMDNC_0_-503832-1sec=Worldupdates SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Chilean President Sebastian Pinera on Sunday denied a pardon to people jailed for dictatorship-era crimes, a move likely to ease tensions with the opposition and rights groups over a controversial call for clemency. 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Shravan

Posted: 26 Jul 2010 01:01 AM PDT

According to the Nepali calendar, Shravan is considered the holiest month of the year with each Monday of the month known as Shravan Somvar when worshippers offer prayers for a happy and prosperous life.

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332 cooperatives shut down since 2006

Posted: 26 Jul 2010 12:54 AM PDT

Three hundred and thirty-two cooperatives were shut down or had their registration annulled since 2006, the Dewan Negara was told today.

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'Plastiki' bottle ship completes epic Pacific voyage

Posted: 26 Jul 2010 12:50 AM PDT

SYDNEY, Monday 26 July 2010 (AFP) - A boat crafted from thousands of plastic bottles sailed into Sydney Harbour on Monday, completing an epic trans-Pacific voyage to highlight the benefits of recycling.

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Four killed in bomb attack on Arabiya TV in Baghdad

Posted: 26 Jul 2010 12:41 AM PDT

BAGHDAD, July 26 — A suicide bomber killed at least four people today in an attack that appeared to target the office of Dubai-based Al Arabiya television in Baghdad, security officials said. The bomber, driving a mini-van, blew up the vehicle near the entrance of Arabiya's office in Baghdad's western district of Harithiya, killing a cleaner and ...


Cantonese in China protest over language loss fears

Posted: 26 Jul 2010 12:24 AM PDT

BEIJING, July 26 — Hundreds of people took to the streets of the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou over the weekend to demand the government halt efforts to push aside the local Cantonese language, state media said today. The protest yesterday was prompted by plans to switch most programming on Guangzhou television stations to the country's ...


Poll lead narrows for Australia’s Gillard

Posted: 26 Jul 2010 12:17 AM PDT

CANBERRA, July 26 — Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard suffered twin setbacks today after a poll showed her lead slashed ahead of an August 21 election and smaller miners resumed an advertising campaign against her new mining tax. The Newspoll published in the Australian newspaper pointed to a revival in support for opposition leader Tony ...


Khmer prison chief sentenced to 35 years’ jail

Posted: 25 Jul 2010 08:42 PM PDT

PHNOM PENH, July 26 — A UN-backed tribunal sentenced a senior Khmer Rouge commander to 35 years in prison today in its first verdict on the "Killing Fields" revolution blamed for 1.7 million deaths in Cambodia three decades ago. But 67-year-old Kaing Guek Eav, known as Duch, will only serve 19 years after the court subtracted 16 years for time ...


Acclaimed Iranian journalist gets one-year jail

Posted: 25 Jul 2010 04:45 PM PDT

TEHRAN: Iran has sentenced award-winning journalist Emadeddin Baghi to a year in prison and banned him from political activities for five years, an opposition website reported.

Baghi, who is also a well-known human rights activist, has been "sentenced to one year in prison and banned from political activities for five years after a two-year trial for forming a group defending the rights of prisoners", the Rahesabz website said.

Baghi is awaiting a second trial on charges levelled by the intelligence ministry over his appearance in an interview with late dissident cleric Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri broadcast by the BBC Persian service, the report said.

He was arrested on Dec 28, a day after opposition protests during a Shi'ite religious festival saw eight people killed in one of the deadliest crackdowns on anti-government demonstrators.

He was released on bail in June.

Baghi has been campaigning against the death penalty and won the prestigious Martin Ennals Award for human rights activism in 2009.

- AFP

Chavez threatens to cut off US oil in Colombia crisis

Posted: 25 Jul 2010 04:14 PM PDT

CARACAS: Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has threatened to cut off oil supplies to the United States if it were to back a Colombian military attack on Venezuela, warning Washington to stay out of the fray.

Chavez broke off diplomatic relations with Bogota on Thursday in response to charges by President Alvaro Uribe that 1,500 Colombian guerrillas had set up camp inside Venezuela and were launching attacks from its territory.

The firebrand leftist president said yesterday he had intelligence that "the possibility of an armed aggression against Venezuelan territory from Colombia" was higher than it has been "in 100 years".

If Colombia were to launch an attack "promoted by the Yankee empire, we would suspend oil deliveries to the United States, even if everybody over here has to eat stones," he warned.

"We wouldn't send even a single drop of oil" to the United States, he said.

The United States is the number one consumer of oil from Venezuela, a member of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec and South America's largest oil producer and exporter.

Chavez, who has been highly critical of a US-Colombian military base deal struck last year, called the United States "the great instigator" behind Venezuela's current conflict with Colombia.

About 20,000 Venezuelan troops deployed along the 2,000-km (1,250-mile) border with Colombia have been placed under "maximum alert", according to military officials.

The US on Friday threw its support behind its key ally Colombia in its latest row with Venezuela, calling Chavez's decision to sever diplomatic relations with Colombia and put border troops on alert "a petulant response" to Bogota's accusations.

Easing of tensions

Chavez yesterday hinted at a possible easing of tensions with Colombia when president-elect Juan Manuel Santos replaces Uribe on Aug 7.

But in an op-ed piece published in several newspapers, the Venezuelan leader warned that his country "must get clear and unambiguous signs that Colombia's new government has real political will to resume the path of dialogue".

Santos, who is on a tour of Latin America, has refused to comment on the crisis, referring the matter to the outgoing president.

Venezuela "will present a peace proposal to Colombia" at Thursday's meeting in Quito of the Union of South American Nations (Unasur), Venezuela's Foreign Minister Nicolas Maduro said.

Chavez also announced yesterday he would cancel a planned trip to Cuba in light of the crisis.

He had been due to attend today in Havana the 57th anniversary of Fidel Castro's rebel attack on the Moncada barracks that kicked off the revolution that brought him to power in 1959.

Venezuela's exports to the US are almost entirely comprised of oil. Last year oil exports alone reached US$27.12 billion, accounting for 96.5% of all products exported to the US.

However that was a steep drop compared to 2008, when the South American country exported US$51.40 billion worth of goods to the US, the Venezuelan American Chamber of Commerce and Industry said earlier this year.

US imports in Venezuela also decreased in 2009, coming in at US$9.36 billion -- 27.7% less than the previous year.

In 2008, total trade between the two countries had reached a historical high of US$64 billion with the bulk of that amount -- 76.4% -- corresponding to oil sales.

Oil accounts for around 90% of revenue in Venezuela, South America's top exporter of crude oil.

- AFP

Deadly Bangkok bomb designed for political gain: police

Posted: 26 Jul 2010 12:35 AM PDT

BANGKOK, Monday 26 July 2010 (AFP) - A bomb in central Bangkok that killed one person and wounded 10 on Sunday was designed to create disorder for political gain, police said Monday.

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Felda pays RM1.303 billion in taxes, says Ahmad Maslan

Posted: 26 Jul 2010 12:33 AM PDT

KUALA LUMPUR, Monday 26 July 2010 (Bernama) -- The Federal Land Development Authority (Felda) paid RM1.303 billion in taxes to the Inland Revenue Board during the four-year period from 2004, Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Datuk Ahmad Maslan said.

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India's Fortis exits battle for Singaporean health group

Posted: 26 Jul 2010 12:31 AM PDT

NEW DELHI, Monday 26 July 2010 (AFP) - India's Fortis Healthcare said Monday it would sell its 25-percent stake in Singaporean group Parkways after losing out to a Malaysian sovereign wealth fund in a bidding war for the group.

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Kashmir on edge after man dies in police custody

Posted: 26 Jul 2010 12:30 AM PDT

SRINAGAR, Monday 26 July 2010 (AFP) - The death of a man in police custody in Indian Kashmir has sparked fresh tensions in the disputed region where security forces have struggled to contain weeks of protests and unrest.

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Students to march near border to remember Korean War

Posted: 26 Jul 2010 12:29 AM PDT

SEOUL, Monday 26 July 20100 (AFP) - Hundreds of young people were gathering Monday for a "peace march" near the South Korean border with North Korea, to mark the 60th anniversary of the outbreak of war on the peninsula.

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EPF spends RM500.8 million for health withdrawal scheme

Posted: 26 Jul 2010 12:26 AM PDT

A total of 93,914 Employees Provident Fund (EPF) members have withdrawn a total of RM500.8 million under the fund's health withdrawal scheme since the scheme was introduced in November 1994.

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It is now the harvest season of duku langsat!

Posted: 26 Jul 2010 12:13 AM PDT

It is again the harvest season of Duku Langsat for the ancient city of Malacca. The extraordinary good selling price of it has pleased farmers there.

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Thick smog from heatwave fires covers Moscow

Posted: 26 Jul 2010 12:42 AM PDT

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Muscovites struggled to breathe on Monday when the city woke up to thick smog from fires that blanketed Red Square, as a heatwave that has ruined crops and broken temperature records surges on with no end in sight.


Khmer Rouge prison chief sentenced to 35 years in jail

Posted: 26 Jul 2010 12:19 AM PDT

PHNOM PENH (Reuters) - A U.N.-backed tribunal sentenced a senior member of the Khmer Rouge to 35 years in prison on Monday in its first verdict three decades after the "Killing Fields" revolution tore Cambodia apart.


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